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| Tunisia Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resigns | Tunisia Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali resigns |
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| Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali has resigned after failing to reach agreement on forming a new government. | Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali has resigned after failing to reach agreement on forming a new government. |
| Mr Jebali had been trying to form a new coalition in response to the political crisis sparked by the killing of opposition leader Chokri Belaid. | Mr Jebali had been trying to form a new coalition in response to the political crisis sparked by the killing of opposition leader Chokri Belaid. |
| He had said he would quit if his Islamist Ennahda party did not back his plan for a cabinet of technocrats. | He had said he would quit if his Islamist Ennahda party did not back his plan for a cabinet of technocrats. |
| Mr Belaid's assassination on 6 February provoked mass protests and resignations from Tunisia's coalition government. | Mr Belaid's assassination on 6 February provoked mass protests and resignations from Tunisia's coalition government. |
| 'People disillusioned' | 'People disillusioned' |
| "I vowed that if my initiative did not succeed, I would resign and I have done so," Mr Jebali told a news conference after meeting President Moncef Marzouki. | "I vowed that if my initiative did not succeed, I would resign and I have done so," Mr Jebali told a news conference after meeting President Moncef Marzouki. |
| Describing his step as "a big disappointment", he said he was standing down to "fulfil a promise made to the people." | |
| "Our people are disillusioned by the political class. We must restore confidence," he stressed. | "Our people are disillusioned by the political class. We must restore confidence," he stressed. |
| And he added: "The failure of my initiative does not mean the failure of Tunisia or the failure of the revolution," in a reference to the popular unrest two years ago that ousted autocratic leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. | And he added: "The failure of my initiative does not mean the failure of Tunisia or the failure of the revolution," in a reference to the popular unrest two years ago that ousted autocratic leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. |
| Mr Jebali's resignation comes despite comments by Ennahda's leader Rached Ghannouchi on Monday that all parties involved in the coalition building talks had wanted the prime minister to remain in office. | |
| Opposition supporters have blamed Ennahda for Mr Belaid's assassination - an accusation the party denies. | |
| Mr Belaid's killing was the first political assassination in Tunisia since the Arab Spring uprising in 2011. |